The new [approval bar] in [Self Service] looks like:

[{Image src='EP-WP-APPROVALS-1.jpg' width='600' align='center' link='attach/EP-WP-APPROVALS-1/EP-WP-APPROVALS-1.jpg}]
 
The new [approval bar] in [Self Service] is thinner than the previous bar and yet it provides more information. 
The new information dialog may be viewed by clicking on the [icon] to the far right which looks like an “i”. 
The [quick approve] is shown by a single green check mark on the [approval step] waiting approval if the user has [approval rights].
A new [popup menu] of ’allowed’ actions on the current step waiting approval may be viewed by mouse right-click anywhere in the current step box. 

[{Image src='EP-WP-APPROVALS-2.jpg' width='600' align='center' link='attach/EP-WP-APPROVALS-2/EP-WP-APPROVALS-2.jpg}]

 
The [popup menu] will include the [approver name] for the step as the first item and approval actions to [approve], [decline] or [send back] with [comments].
Selecting an approval action with comments brings up the approval dialog, which allows comments to be added for any approval action made for the step. 

[{Image src='EP-WP-APPROVALS-3.jpg' width='400' align='center' link='attach/EP-WP-APPROVALS-3/EP-WP-APPROVALS-3.jpg}]

After submitting the dialog for the approval action with [comments], the approved step will turn gray and will have a new [popup menu] generated for its new status. Right-clicking now on the approved step will show the approved status of the step and a sub-menu containing the comments made for the approval.

[{Image src='EP-WP-APPROVALS-4.jpg' width='600' align='center' link='attach/EP-WP-APPROVALS-4/EP-WP-APPROVALS-4.jpg}]

 
The [popup menu] will be displayed even if there are no approval actions available for the [approval step]. In such a case, the approver name or approval step status and a [submenu] of approval action comments will be displayed.
 
[{Image src='EP-WP-APPROVALS-5.jpg' width='600' align='center' link='attach/EP-WP-APPROVALS-5/EP-WP-APPROVALS-5.jpg}]


When an approval entity (eg: [Personnel Actions], [Applications], [Postings], [Time Sheets]) is in a status before approval or after approval, the [approval bar] will show a context message to show pertinent information about that [entity].

[{Image src='EP-WP-APPROVALS-6.jpg' width='600' align='center' link='attach/EP-WP-APPROVALS-6/EP-WP-APPROVALS-6.jpg}]
  

The context message is definable by [table alias] in [IMMS]. These messages can be [translated|translation] if necessary. The following displays which context messages are used for the approvals. 

||Table||Message Code
|Leave Lines [AAL|P2K_AT_LEAVE_LINES] | AAL_CONTEXT
|Open Enrollments EEs [BOEE|P2K_BE_OPEN_ENROLLMENT_EES] | BOEE_CONTEXT
|Elections [BEL|P2K_BE_ELECTIONS] | BEL_CONTEXT
|Applications [RAP|P2K_RE_APPLICATIONS] | RAP_CONTEXT
|Batches [BPT|P2K_PR_BATCHES] | BPT_CONTEXT
|Time Sheets [PTS|P2K_PR_TIME_SHEETS] | PTS_CONTEXT
|Candidates [RCA|P2K_RE_CANIDATES] | RCA_CONTEXT
|Postings [RPO|P2K_RE_POSTINGS] |RPO_CONTEXT
|Personnel Actions [SPA|P2K_SA_PERSONNEL_ACTIONS] | SPA_CONTEXT